( u n e 2 8 ,1 9 2 8
1926, representing an increase of
33
or 1.1 per cent. T here were 33
Published Thursday at Halsey, Oregon
HALSEY ENTERPRISE
H. P. and A. A. LAKE
marriages annulled in 1927 as com-
Avoid Loss of
Soy Bean Seed
Publishers ___
__ I pared with 35 in 1926.
The estim ated population of tbe
Entered at the postofflce at Halsey
state of Oregon July 1, 1927. was
Oregon, as second class matter.
890,000, a n d o n Ju ly 1, 1926, 877-
t l a year In advance Arrearages 12 tic
000.
On the basis of these esti­
a month. Stops when time expires
m
ates,
tbe num ber of marriages
unless continuance Is ordered
Advertising 25c an Inch; no discount par 1,000 of tbe population was
for time or space; no charge for 8.27 in 1927, ss against 8.08 in
composition or changes. Announce
1926; and tbe num ber o( divorcee
ments of entertainments, food sales
etc , whose object Is to raise money, per 1,000 of tbe population wag
ehai ;ed at regular advertising rates 3.50 in 1927, ss against 3.52 iu
Announcements of religious meetings
not exceeding four Inches, free
copy is received before Tuesday.
1926.
The num ber of m arriages per­
formed and tbe num ber of divorces
granted were furnished by tbe state
board of health. The figures f ir
1927 are prelim inary and subject
to correction.
In Linn county there were 238
m arriages in 1927 and 49 divorces.
In 1926 there were 231 m arriages
and 43 divorces. One county, Mor­
row, had no divorces io 1927-
The question of a union high
school which was raised atid dis­
cussed at the recent school election
is one th a t should have the sup
port of those »fleeted in tDat il
would he possible to have a much
more efficient high school with
little , if any, additional expense
to the d istrict.
W ith thorough
study of the question and the sup­
port ueeded, we feel sure the school Information for U. of 0 . Students
Prospective university of Oregon
can be organized.
students of this city will be given
This p art of I<iun county was com plete inform ation on what
well represented at the summer courses to take and other phases
school iu C orvallis th is year and of university life by members if
fro.n reports the school was very the greater Oregon committee, a
successful. 4-H club work is fast stu d en t organization which will
growing in popularity as was have contacts with every part of
shown a t the Achievement dav pro the state during tbe sum m er.
W ayne V eatcb will direct tbe
gram and exercises here a month
ago. T h e training children receive work in H alsey, w hile Don C am p­
tiro u g li this channel is most help bell of Eugene is general chairm an
of the district composed of Lane.
ful to them .
Lmn and Benton counties. Mem­
From reports in the 4-H Club bers of the greater Oregon com m it
Poofter, reaching our desk each tee will confer with students iu t t i -
day during the session of febool at ested, and it is planned to have
Corvallis, the Tillamook youngsters several meetings in each district
were a livebunc'u and have learned during the sum m er and early fall.
u it to miss a chance to boost the*r
p ir t of Ibis good old state. Sone
Southern Pacific Boosts West
tim es in looking tbe "B ooster” over
T he Southern Pacific railro td
we were inclined to thin k the Tills-
com pany is doing much toward ¡u
snookers were the whole cheese.
ducing travelers and tourists to
Cost of Harvesting Reduced
One-third by Combined
Harvester-Thresher.
Phosphate Will Balance
Manure Applied to Com
Losses of soy bean seed at harvest
time are greatly reduced and the cost
o f harvesting the crop is lowered
about one-third a bushel from what
it is with ordinary methods, v hen a
combined harvester-thresher is used
to gather the beans, according to tests
made by the farm mechanics depart­
ment. college of agriculture, Univer­
sity of Illinois. Use of the combined
harvester-thresher is the most recent
method of harvesting the soy-bean
seed crop. To date the Job o f harvest­
ing soy beans for seed or commercial
purposes has been the biggest problem
that the soy-bean grower has had to
meet. In fact, the grief encountered
In harvesting the seed crop has pre­
vented a more rapid Increase in the
acreage of this legume, according to
I. P. Blauser of the college farm me­
chanics department. The harvesting
problem w ill become more Important
as the commercial possibilities of the
soy bean are developed.
Methods of Harvesting.
A survey made in Illinois gave the
following methods which were used to
harvest the 1924 ^oy bean seed crop:
Binder, Cl per cent; mower, 32 per
cent; pickers, 3 per cent; self-rake
reaper, 3 per cent, and pullers, 1 per
cent. The same year 86 per cent used
grain separators, 13.5 per cent used
special bean threshers, and .5 per cent
used combined harvester-threshers.
The first combine in Illinois was
used by Garwood Brothers of Stoning­
ton, in October, 1924, to harvest 212
acres of soy beans. That the machine
made a successful demonstration is
evident from the fact that seven com­
bines were sold in Illinois by July,
1925, and twelve by October, 1925.
Tests have been made of the differ­
ent methods of harvesting soy beans,
and loeses in some cases were found
to be as high as 45 per cent. Tests of
the combined harvester-thresher have
given a loss of from 4 per cent to 10
per cent this past season even though
(lie weather conditions were extreme­
ly had. Beans harvested with the
combine gave a much lower moisture
percentage, and also were of much
better quality. The combine can work
from two to five days sooner than the
threshing machine because the beans
visit the West. This year the com­ dry out much more rapidly standing
pany wi-'l publish and distribu e than in shocks. There are s till some
fields of beans In shock waiting to be
nearly nine million booklets, fo ld -1 threshed.
erg and other pieces of advertising 1
Work of Illinois Machines.
Each combine In Illinois bus har-
m atter. Printed in four language-
! vested from 200 to 350 acres of soy
nd illustrated with many line i beans this past season. Twenty to 30
In view of the fact (hat to many
of our noted a \\a 'o rs are either
strauded in the N orthern wastes or
ure acting us relief to I hose un­
fortunates, some means of relief
depots or warehouses should be i t
half-tone engravings of western
tabliabed, or better yet, a gum drop
b iau ty spots and n a tu ra l wonders,
factory; you know one expedition
thousands of these book'eti are be.
was saved by this dainty confec­
g d is trib u te d th io u g h o u t Europe
tio n .
and the O rient, as well as in ev?ry
Now comes Ur. O 'L eary, noted state iu this countiy.
The annual expenditure of one
physician, who says th a t kissing is
likely to be the means of spreading million three hundred thousand fur
disease germs, ranging from tuber­ advertising by tbe com pany’s Pa-
culosis and tetter to housem aid’s cilia lines does not include only
knee and halitosis.
Why bling rail lines in this country.
I ncres of soy beans can be harvested a
'hi.v with two men. one to drive the
tractor to pull the mnehine, and one
to operate the combine. Two to three
men nnd teams are needed to take
care of the threshed beans.
A combine should cut from 250 to
300 acres of gruln each year to keep
the overhead charges an acre as low
ns possible. There are a limited num­
ber of farms that have that many
acres of poy beans to harvest each
year.
However, the same machine
was used quite successfully In Illinois
to harvest wheat, oats, sweet clover,
th a t up?
red clover and timothy. Even then, If
Rapublican Party Pledges Relief the combined acreage is too small to
Justify the purchase of a eouibine, sev­
Sportsm en of the W illam ette
The republican convention Le
valley are passing around a petition fore ck sing prom ised“ every assist eral farmers can go together nnd pur­
chase one.
which will be presented to (becom ­ auce in the reorganization of tbe
The combine user In Illinois avers
in g state legislature, m aking tbe m arketing system on sounder and that he cannot get along without It
iu harvesting soy beans.
McKenzie aad
several
lesser
more economical lines an.i, where
pre­ diversification is needed, govern­
ment financial assistance during
the period of tran sition. T he re­
T b e refusal to allow H arry Thaw
publican p a rty pledges itself to the
the privilege of landing iu England
enactm ent of legislation creating a!
,
bae uot created any com plications
federal board clothed with the j
y»'.
necessity power to prom ote the
Fish stories are scarce at this establishm ent of a farm m aiketing
lime, all holding off until they hear system of furm-uwned and control­
led tta b iliz a tio n corporations or
from Wisconsin.
organisations to prevent and con­
And now they are making wool trol surpluses through orderly d is ;
of pine needles.
tributiou. We favor adequate ta r ­
iff protection to such of our ag ri­
Malady of Organizations
cultural products as are affected
llie U rangers of Oregon took in by foreign com petition. We favor,
2618 new members the past year, w ithout putting the governm ent
but lost 113 by death, lS fib y d e m ii into business, the establishm ent of
and 1437 by non-paym ent of dute a federal system of organization
N early all organizations of a fra ­ (or co-operative and orderly m ar­
ternal, social and protective nature keting of farm product*.
The
have sutiered heavily iu recent vigorous efforts of this ailiiiniistra-
years from th a t disease, " n o n p a y ­ lion toward b n a d e n ir g our exports
ment of d u e s,” which means tbe m arket will be contiuued. 1 be
abandonm ent o f ideals, the throw republican party plejges itself to
ing off of com m unity care, the su r­ the develoyiueut and enactm ent
render to single handed personal of measures wli'cb will place the
am usem ent, pleasure and self in ­ agricultural m terests of A merica
terest.
on a basis of economic equality
with other industry to insure its
Interesting Vital Statistics
prosperity aud success.”
During 1927 7,362 m arriages
were performed in Oregon,
ss
G eneral business in the twelfth
com pared with 7,085 in 1926, ac­ federal reserve d istric t was seaeou-
cording to a report of the dep art­ a'ly more active during May and
m ent of commerce. This was an early June th a n in A pril and vol-
increase of 277 or 3 9 per cent.
umv of prodticliou and trade a p ­
During the same period 3,117 proach« I tbe levels of one year ago
divorces were g ran ted in tbe state says the bulletin sent out by the
iu 1927 aa compared with 3,084 in tw elfth reserve board.
stream s strictly
serves.
game
fish
and clovers growing tall and going to
seed become hard, fibrous and unpal­
atable, whereas had they been proper­
ly grazed, would have been succulent,
tender and palatable. I f grazing Is
uneven, mow the parts not grazed or,
better still, add a few more dairy
cows to the farm, states Mr. Kirby.
If Weeds and Bushes Are
Allowed to Grow Grass
Will Be Injured.
IIow the pasture is handled during
the midsummer determines the amount
and quality of the grazing to be ob­
tained from It during the reinaluder
of the year.
“ There are two big things to look out
for with the pastures In midsummer,"
says S. J. Kirby, pasture specialist at
North Carolina State college. “ If weeds
and bushes are allowed to grow, the
grass w ill be shaded and the sod
Injured. Uneven grazing will also re­
duce both the quality and quantity
of the herbage. Some pastures got off
to a poor start this spring because
of the cod, dry weather. Thia pro­
vided a favorable environment for
needs, native grasses and sedges, but
was hurtful ’ o new plantings of tame
grasses. Even old pastures were
hurt."
Weeds Rob Pastures.
If these weeds are allowed to grow,
they w ill rob the pasture plants of
light, moisture and plant food, states
Mr. Kirby. All pastures in which the
needs have made a start should be
mowed.
Bushes should be cut also. Some
shade Is good for the live stock that
uses a pasture, but tbe close, dense
shading produced by low growing
hushes and shrubs w ill k ill the grass
and elover plants. Bushes are espe­
cially had in pastures newly seeded
on cutover or recently cleared land.
Uneven G rating
Harm ful.
Mr. Kirby finds that uneven grazing
Is another of the detriments to good
pastures. This results when not
enough animals are placed on the
grass to keep (he sod grazed evenly.
When only a few animals are in the
pasture, they w ill graze heavily In
seme places and allow the other parts
Farmers who have manure to apply
to their corn land w ill find It to their
advantage to mix 25 pounds of 16 per
cent acid phosphate with each ton of
manure, according to M. F. Miller, of
the Missouri College of Agriculture.
Every farmer believes In farm ma­
nure. Many believe In It so strongly
that they w ill not use other kinds of
fertilizers. Barnyard manure w ill
give better returns, however, when
mixed with acid phosphate ns shown
by the results of experiments conduct­
ed at the college.
Manure Is low In phosphate. Its
main value ns a fertilizer is in the
fact that It contains a high percentage
of nitrogen. When phosphate is mixed
with it, it makes a better balanced
fqgtillzer.
Another reason for adding phos­
phate to manure is that it prevents
volitllization of the ammonia. Am­
monia Is valuable in building up soil
fertility.
Better Silage Assured
and Expenses Cut Down
Silage w ill keep Just as well with­
out tamping or trumping as with
tumping and much better than with
poor tamping, according to Jumes W.
Linn, extension dairyman at the Kan­
sas State Agricultural college. Let
the ensilage fall to the middle of the
silo so no loose spots w ill be formed
and the weight w ill settle the silage
down. This practice has proved par­
ticularly adaptable to silo filling
where two or three men take four or
five days. If the silo Is filled rapidly,
refilling Is necessary when tramping
Is dispensed with. The extension
dairyman believes that this method of
taking several days to fill a silo as­
sures better silage and It culs down
the expense.
Substituting Silage for
Hay Found Satisfactory
A number of agricultural college«
have carried out tests to find out the
advisability of substituting silage for
hay aud the results have been satis­
factory. Silage not only Is an excel­
lent substitute for hay, but it is more
economical to feed It, and there Is an
increase in the production. I t is not
possible to tell exactly the amount
saved by feeding silage, but It Is
around 23 per cent on the feed bill.
Silage also could be substituted for
pasture, nnd It Is profitable to feed
It In summer. Where land Is high
priced, farmers are feeding silage In­
stead of keeping the cows on pasture.
Cutting Millet Hay for
General Use of Stock
If the millet hay Is for general live
stock feeding the crop should be cut
just after blooming and before any
hard seeds have formed. M illet hay
containing seeds has long been held
to have an injurious effect on horses.
Too much millet hay, cut at any stage,
affects horses more than cattle or
sheep. The early cut hay. however,
is to be preferred for both cattle and
sheep.
Millet Is cut for hay with a mower
the same as any prairie or tame grass
hay. The crop usually stands erect
and Is easy to cut with mower.
Cholera Prevention Is
as Essential as Ever
The chances are that we are not
going to have cheup corn this fall.
The chances are also that hugs w ill
not bring as much money us they did
last fall, at the same tune we already
have a lot of feed In the spring crop
of pigs and cholera prevention is Just
as essential this year as if corn were
cheap und hogs brought a higher
price. Arrange be have your pigs
vaccinated und regard the expense
as Insurance. Few farmers cun afford
to carry their own Insurance risk.
Better be safe now than sorry later
on.
J Agricultural Facts jj
Silage Is canned berries to the cow
• • •
While waiting on laws grow le­
gumes.
• • *
Forty-two per cent of the farms In
Grant county, Wisconsin, have silos.
. . .
Many poor h ill farms would he
worth more In trees than they are as
cleared land.
Dana C. Rossman
FUNERAL
DIRECTOR
Lady Assistant
A ll calls answered day or night
Phone 255.
Halsey, Oregon
F u rn itu re
First class stock of [New
Furniture. Biggest Bargains
in
A x m in s te r
Rugs
You have ever seen.
In second hand furniture I
have some excellent buys.
Bargains in slightly used
Refrigerators.
E. R ogow ay
Albany. Ore.
Phone 132-R
Control Cabbage Worms
by the Use of Poison
Cubbage worms and cabbage aphids
usually muke their appearance about
this season of the year in more or less
destructive numbers. Farmers w ill
find a cheap and effective remedy for
controlling the pests In the use of lead
ursenute und nicotine.
The most effective mixture is one
containing 13 parts of powdered lead
ursenute to 100 parts of hydrated lime.
This is dusted on the plants und does
uot In any way impair the use of the
enhhage for human food, it is said.
Repeated doses of the poison dust
are necessary during the season, par­
ticularly when the heads are forming,
If really effective control Is to be se­
cured.
Where cabbage aphids are present
In any appreciable numbers, it is sug­
gested that 1 per cent nicotine be add­
ed to the poison dust This w ill rid
the plants of the lice nt the same time
that protection is provided ugainst the
ravages of the cabbage worms.
Allphin’s Auction House
Broadalbin St., Albany
Auction Sat. June 30, 1 p.m
Furniture— live stock — w ill be
sold. I f you have anything you
want sold, bring it in. Furniture
sold at private sale anytime. Farm
machinery sold at all times.
Im provem ents You
L ik e to Enjoy
The success of the McCormick-Deering
grain binder is the result of remarkable
improvements in grain binder construc­
tion, so essential and important to you.
This binder handles light
and heavy grains equally
well without waste and with
no clogging of elevator.
The reel will not whip or
sag and results are a clean,
even cut the full length.
The knotter is simple in
construction and does a bet­
ter job of tying over a long
term of years.
Many other improvements
that save time and labor
are found on the 1928
New McCormick Deering Binder
S ch u ltz Bros.W arehouse Co
Fayetteville.
P.O. Shedd, Oregon.
Phone Shedd 8F23
Enjoy the
“S ilv e r Grays
1»
For
easy-to-clean
kitchen floors
LOWE BROTHERS
FL O O R E N A M E L
gives a beautiful last­
ing finish that is easily
kept clean . It dries
overnight. Especially
recommended for kit­
chen floors. Also for
kitchen walls, wood­
work and for all in­
terior floors. Come in
and get a color card.
Ao obligation.
Before y ou p o in t, see us.
T h ese are the finest of
m o to r coaches b u ilt and
equipped to give the utmost
in comfort and safety for
highway travel.
For Safety; Drivers with
Southern Pacific responsibil­
ity. 4-wheel air brakes—rigid
inspection and supervision.
Safe.
For Comfort; Seats air-
cushioned—interiors immac­
ulately clean, plate glass win­
dows, rich mahogany trim.
W ell v e n tila te d b u t n o t
drafty. Lights at night you
can read by. Restful.
For Economy: Buy 10-ride
tickets for use only on motor
coach and save a third in
travel costs. They are good
for 60 days. Rail tickets un­
less specially restricted are
good on the motor coaches.
Southern Pacific
H ill & C o m p a n y
Halsey. Oregon
C. P. Moody, Agent